Chris Matthews: Dems to lose Senate

3/13/14 11:02 AM EDT

“It’s going to be very hard to hold the Senate — I think the Senate goes,” MSNBC's Chris Matthews said on Thursday morning's edition of 'Morning Joe'. “I think we heard from the Ghost of Christmas Future this week. They’re going to lose the Senate."

The Democrats' only hope, Matthews said, is to provide voters with a better understanding of what a Republican-controlled Senate would mean for them: "Tell the voters they're going after Social Security and Medicare" and "coming after abortion rights."

"You've got to get out there and put a very strong, bold picture on what the Republicans would like to do and say that's what they're going to do," Matthews said.